Great celebrations are about more than just great photo montages. We've scoured the web, racked our brains, and mined the rolodex we developed from our many years in the event planning industry to provide you with this (oft-updated) list of event planning resources:
Flag Display Guidelines - When displaying the American flag at your special event -- or even at your home or business -- this illustrated one-page guide can help
PartyPop.com - With thousands of providers in hundreds of categories located all over the U.S. and Canada, PartyPop is a great first stop in a search for event-related products and services.
International Special Events Society - Looking for a supplier of event services? Contact the local chapter of the Internationl Special Events Society for a directory of local members.
Online photo services
If you purchase your high resolution digital images from your photographer, uploading them to a photo site is a great way to share with your friends/family, to save on reprints and to create photo books and gifts. When friends and family send you the digital photos they shot, consolidate them on one of these sites: Shutterfly [Wedding Store] | Snapfish| PhotoWorks
Event planners
ProAdvance - For all of your corporate event management needs, contact ProAdvance
B&G Photography - Los Angeles-based husband and wife photo team documents weddings and special events and shoots great family portraits. For a backstage pass to their clients' weddings, be sure to check out their blog.
Joanna B. Pinneo Photography - Joanna brings her photojournalism experience -- she's a Pulitzer Nominee and a contributor to National Geographic Magazine -- to documenting weddings.
WeddingPhotoUSA- A nationwide directory of wedding photographers, plus planning advice from photographers
Video projection/display
SourceOne Rentals - Orange County-based source for digital projection/audiovisual. A great source for rental of an LCD projector to show a video montage at your event!
The RLS Agency - RLS represents a wide range of entertainment and can provide anything from a string quartet to a rowdy swing band for your wedding or other special event -- in California and around the U.S.
Florists
Fraiche Fine Gifts - One of Los Angeles' premiere florists and gift basket purveyors, Fraiche has been featured in InStyle, People, and numerous other regional and national lifestyle magazines.
Invitations/printing
PS Print - PS Print offers reasonably priced and high quality full-color printing, including postcards (for save-the-date cards) and greeting cards (for wedding announcements).
M Press Studio - Los Angeles-based letterpress designer/printer for unique, high-end invitations, cards and announcements
Tiny Prints - Birth announcements and baby shower invitations
Paper Pow - Themed stationary, great for work parties, birthday parties, baby shower invitations, wedding announcements and scrapbooking
Taylor Card - An entire assortment of photo holiday cards, birth announcements and more
Invitation Box - Wide selection of invitations, announcements, cards and stationery
Gifts
Fancifull Gift Baskets - Whether it's the basket's design, the taste of the wine, the flavor of the cookies and candies or the incredibly clever gifts, Fancifull makes high quality their highest priority.
Krickett's Corner - Embroidered baby clothes and t-shirts that make great gifts for new parents
Venues
Here Comes the Guide - Extremely useful and informative guide to California wedding venues, searchable and sortable by location, size, type of facility and a number of other criteria
Other services
Cakes by Laura - Unique custom wedding cakes, delivered all over Southern California
WeddingMusic2Dance (Dance instruction) - Jerry Neerin has been patiently teaching even the most flat-footed brides and grooms in Los Angeles (including, not that long ago, this groom) how to confidently glide across the dance floor during their first dance.
My Web Emcee - Reputable and reliable domain/web hosting reseller
If you would like to be included in this directory, please contact us for more information.
(Please note that we only consider qualified, relevant resources with excellent references.)
